Hi folks!

Great forum / community, I'm a "newbie", but wanted to share a build that my son and I put together: Iron Man's Hulkbuster I.

The original idea and credit belongs to an acquaintance of mine from another site (though I am wary of not encroaching on any of this website's rules, so I will refrain from any more detail -- but please do feel free to PM me and I can properly reference it).

The basis for 85-90% of this build is from Kai's Fire Mech (70500) http://shop.lego.com...Fire-Mech-70500 -- for instance the body (which holds the Iron Man minifig) substantially the legs and arms (with some re-purposing of various pieces).

Edited May 21, 201311 yr by agoodfella

I also love taking existing models and re-purposing them! Do you think you could add some hands sometime? Looks great!

Now, the final question:

Rich man surrounded by "metal" (actually Plastic Man) or the Jolly Green Giant's evil brother...Lego lets us decide (I feel special now. )

awesome moc!

great and accurate!

the best is the color scheme, nice MOC

I also love taking existing models and re-purposing them! Do you think you could add some hands sometime? Looks great!

Now, the final question:

Rich man surrounded by "metal" (actually Plastic Man) or the Jolly Green Giant's evil brother...Lego lets us decide (I feel special now. )

Thanks for your comments. Yes, I am absolutely going to be incorporating proper "hands" (likely the hands from set 4529 - Iron Man Ultrabuild).

This updated version will likely be Hulkbuster II.

awesome moc!

Thank you!

great and accurate!

the best is the color scheme, nice MOC

Thanks, in fact, I just updated the build to incorporate a little more "gold"!

Will post some more detailed pics a little later :)

Edited May 21, 201311 yr by agoodfella

Here are some more pics as promised (note: updated the build very slightly to add in more "gold" -- technically, "brick yellow".

That isreally neat. I think I will pick that set upthis evening anddo some similar mods. Great job!

That isreally neat. I think I will pick that set upthis evening anddo some similar mods. Great job!

Awesome! Please do post your build, would be curious to see how other's approach it. Happy building!

Fantastic MOC!!! :wub:

cool, it looks like the possible official set would look like : )

This looks really nice! Like mescheppers, I think I'll have to get the set myself to have a play around with it.

Fantastic MOC!!! :wub:

Thanks!

cool, it looks like the possible official set would look like : )

It would be great to see an official LEGO Hulkbuster!

This looks really nice! Like mescheppers, I think I'll have to get the set myself to have a play around with it.

Awesome, go for it, and please do post a picture of your build!

This Thread inspired me to pick up a spare Fire Mech and have a go.

Edited May 24, 201311 yr by ZeroPW

This Thread inpired me to pick up a spare Fire Mech and have a go.

Fantastic! Love it.

Would love to see everyone's unique versions. Keep it up folks!

Edited May 26, 201311 yr by LuxorV
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Bought this set to try my own. New to the lego game so this is my first official MOC (which i stole the idea of from you guys here, haha).

anyways, after fiddling around in my parts box for some extra pieces, I spent a good hour figuring out how i wanted to make it, and this is what i managed to come up with!

I really like the way that suit unfolds.

Bought this set to try my own. New to the lego game so this is my first official MOC (which i stole the idea of from you guys here, haha).

anyways, after fiddling around in my parts box for some extra pieces, I spent a good hour figuring out how i wanted to make it, and this is what i managed to come up with!

Wow, that looks great! I love how those hands have mulit-purpose when it unfolds. Could you upload some more details of those hands?

Awesome stuff, keep 'em coming folks! When I get my new "hands", I can't wait to incorporate them and I will be uploading v.2!

Edited May 26, 201311 yr by LuxorV
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Yeah sure thing man. The hands are easy, just copied the way they are from the green robot creator set.

Here they are with a few more pictures (it's a really fun piece to photograph).

Yeah sure thing man. The hands are easy, just copied the way they are from the green robot creator set.

Here they are with a few more pictures (it's a really fun piece to photograph).

Fantastic! Thanks for posting the detailed pics!

Edited May 27, 201311 yr by LuxorV
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I already edited 3 posts quoting images from this same page. Please stop that. Thanks.

I already edited 3 posts quoting images from this same page. Please stop that. Thanks.

Oops. Sorry about that. Will refrain from this going forward.

Edited May 29, 201311 yr by agoodfella

I also love taking existing models and re-purposing them! Do you think you could add some hands sometime? Looks great!

Sometime is now. Hands added. :) Rather than start a brand new thread, figure I'd just update this one.

Changelog:

HULKBUSTER MK II

• Added Hands (from the Hero Factory Ultrabuild hands)
  
• Updated Arm section (including adding side Missiles)
  
• Incorporated more "brick yellow" pieces:
  
• Felt that they just complement the "bright red" pieces nicely, and
  
• They adds nice depth mirroring the "gold + red" element of the Iron Man suits.
  

Edited June 17, 201311 yr by agoodfella

this is coming along really nice, I like how you flipped the trapezoid piece to make chest detail and hold the arc reactor. Forearm missiles are legit as well

Great work on this, I love it.

This looks great! One question is how much of the fire mech do you re use? Does it require a lot of extra parts? Would it be better to get two mechs?

Edited June 16, 201311 yr by Im a brickmaster.